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Genus of plants

Landiopsis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Mussaendeae
Genus: Landiopsis
Capuron ex Bosser
Species: L. capuronii
Binomial name
Landiopsis capuronii
Bosser

Landiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Landiopsis capuronii.

It is native to Madagascar.

Description

Landiopsis capuronii is a shrub which grows 2 to 5 meters high.

Range and habitat

Landiopsis capuronii is native to northern Madagascar. There are eight known subpopulations in Diana and northern Sava regions.

It inhabits dry deciduous forests between 10 and 600 meters elevation.

Conservation and threats

The species is threatened by habitat loss from human activities, including shifting cultivation and logging. There ia a subpopulation in Loky Manambato protected area.

Name

The genus name of Landiopsis is in honour of Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), a French astronomer, freemason and writer. The Latin specific epithet of capuronii refers to Botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971) who originally described the species. Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia, séries 3, Vol.20 on page 132 in 1998.

References

  1. ^ Randrianasolo, V. 2020. Landiopsis capuronii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137764007A137902908. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137764007A137902908.en. Accessed on 24 September 2022.
  2. "Landiopsis Capuron ex Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Landiopsis capuronii Bosser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "Capuron, René Paul Raymond | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Landiopsis
Landiopsis capuronii
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